Comment on Periodic Table Of StatesparentComments−shardling12yIn general, magnetism requires the material to be ordered, and heating an object up involves adding lots of random motion to the system.The electrons might even get excited enough to jump to entirely different orbitalsThat's what causes hot objects to glow, basically -- the electrons get pushed to higher orbitals, and then fall back down again, emitting light.
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In general, magnetism requires the material to be ordered, and heating an object up involves adding lots of random motion to the system.
That's what causes hot objects to glow, basically -- the electrons get pushed to higher orbitals, and then fall back down again, emitting light.